What would it be like if Lorelai had a sister? I thought it would put a twist on Gilmore Girls. So here it is. Not sure if this has ever been done before but its worth a try right?
When Lorelai was almost three, her parents decided another baby might be nice. And so a new baby was born not three days before Lorelai's third birthday, Ann Marie Gilmore was born. She looked remarkably like Lorelai except just a little smaller. But that was natural seeing as she was just born and Lorelai would be three in a few days.
When her birthday finally did roll around, she was somewhat ignored. She had very few gifts and little or no attention. But she was only three and used to being taken care of by nannies and maids. What she wasn't used to was the irritating, loud cry of a new born baby. She called for her mother too many times to count before her father ran in telling her to "Quiet down and go back to sleep." She didn't understand why her parents were pushing her away more than usual. She was used to being pushed away, but being completely ignored was upsetting so she cried. Not in the normal three year old, 'I'm not getting what I want' way it was a cry, a plea for help.
Her pleas for help and attention were looked over; she went un-noticed by her parents for a very long time. Apparently, Emily and Richard had decided that Ann wouldn't be raised by nannies and that for her unlike their first-born, they would be there. That was proven when Lorelai was eight she was in second grade and Ann was just going into Kindergarten. She was old enough to remember things now, like when she first and her parents skipped bringing her and just sent her with the nanny.
Gilmore House
"Lorelai be good." Emily told her daughter quickly.
"Have a nice day Lorelai." Richard said. Kissing her daughter on her forehead and handing her backpack.
"Thank you Daddy, bye mommy." By the time she had said that she was being ushered out the door by her nanny.
Those memories hurt Lorelai now; yeah she was only eight but hated being mistreated as much as the next normal person. That wasn't unusual, was it?
She had tried confronting her parents about it once, when she was seven.
"Mom, Dad, why is it that-"She was cut off by Ann screaming for her parents. Lorelai watched her parents, her parents. That's right they were hers too and she wasn't going to take it anymore. From then on, she ignored her parents as much as they ignored her.
She had avoided them for pretty much the rest of the year except for, dinner, and holidays and the occasional, 'How was your day.' Therefore, I guess you really could say that she had done a horrible job at keeping away from them, but she didn't care because she had made a few friends at school and was keeping up very well with all of the work. She was pretty smart for her age. She usually got straight A's with the occasional B. But overall, she was doing well. and she was proud of herself even if her Richard and Emily weren't.
"Lorelai..." Ann said as she walked into the enormous mansion after a day at school. Ann who had just finished her day in kindergarten wanted to talk to her sister. She never really understood why Lorelai was distant.
"Hi." Was all she said, she never really wanted to talk to her Ann, it was just something she had no interest in. To her it was a way to get back at her parents for neglecting her. But in the process, she was neglecting her sister.
"Lorelai, can we…talk?" Ann asked, very maturely.
"Uh, sure, what about?"
"Well, you."
"What about me?"
"You always ignore me, why?" Ann asked innocently.
"Because..." She struggled to find an answer as to not upset her, but couldn't quite find the words. "Because…that's what big sisters are supposed to do."
At least she wasn't crying. but she looked at her, with a sad look.
"Lorelai, Mom and Dad are leaving. I heard them talking, they are going to London or something like that…" Ann said running over to Lorelai and embracing her in a huge hug.
"They do that a lot; they are probably going to see Gran, Our Grandmother."
"Oh. Well…I'm going to miss them. What if they don't come back?" Ann began to tear up.
"They always come back. No matter where they go, they always come back."
"Why don't I remember them leaving before?" Ann asked finally letting go of Lorelai.
"You always went with them, that's why." She said coldly.
"Why weren't you ever with us?" She asked.
"I never wanted to go. I like it here." She lied. Flat out lied, not one of those little white lies it was big. She always wanted to go, and she hated this house.
"Oh. Ok." Ann said simply and walked away. Lorelai dragged her backpack over to the couch and sat down, took out one of her schoolbooks and began her homework.
As the years progressed, the two began to get a little closer then they were before. Lorelai was now sixteen and Ann, thirteen. Lorelai met Christopher when she was fourteen and the two began to date soon after her 15th birthday, and a few months later, they got close. Soon after that, she had suspicions that she might be pregnant. So she picked up the phone and called Christopher.
"Haden residence." Their maid answered.
"Can I speak with Christopher please?" Lorelai asked impatiently. A few moments later Christopher picked up the phone.
"Hello."
"Hi."
"You don't sound very happy. Are you ok?" He asked clearly concerned.
"No, I uh, think that I may be pregnant." Chris was silent. "Christopher? Are you there?"
"Uh, yeah. I'm uh, here. Can you like find out for sure somehow?"
"Yes, I just thought maybe you'd want to be there when I took the test but you clearly would like me to handle this all on my own. So that's what I'll do, I handled everything on my own before you and I will do the same now."
"Ok. Call me when your done?"
"You are very insensitive." And with that, she hung up and went into the bathroom to take the test that she bought a few hours earlier. She patiently waited and just as she had assumed she was indeed having a baby. The phone rang and it startled her so she picked it up before the maid could reach it.
"Hello."
"Lorelai, I can't do this, I've been pacing around my room running scenarios through my mind, and, I can't be a Dad. I'm just not cut out for it. I'm sorry but whether you are or not, I can't uh, be with you. Anymore."
"Oh, well, just so you know in a few months you'll have a kid. Maybe I'll call when its born." Lorelai hung up and began to cry. Uncontrollably, and loudly. After a few minutes, Ann knocked on the door and let herself in.
"Lorelai, are you ok?" She asked, Lorelai wiped her face and nodded.
"I'll be ok. Thanks for caring….Unlike some people." The last part was said quietly.
"What was that you said?"
"Nothing, nothing. You should go, I think I hear mom calling you."
"Ok, if you do need me, I'll be down stairs." Ann said, leaving the room and closing the door carefully behind her. What am I going to do, I can't do this on my own… wait what am I saying I can't do this at all.
She got up and walked out of her room and towards the stairs where she heard celebrating in the room below.
A few minutes earlier...
Ann walked down the stairs where she heard her mother calling her. Emily and Richard were sitting in the living room, holding a piece of paper looking at it smiling.
"What's going on?" Ann asked, as she took the final steps of the stairs.
"Ann, next year guess where you're going?" Emily asked with a big smile on her face.
"To high school I know, but…what do you mean?"
"Chilton! You're going to Chilton."
Lorelai walked out of her room when her father said Chilton. The school where she only just got into. Tears began to form in her eyes. She took a few steps toward the stairs and continued to walk down them. She stopped when she heard "Congratulations Ann!" from her mother. Something Emily never said to her. She had only been told congratulations once, from her father on her sixteenth birthday.
The party was going well; her mother had not talked to her all evening she was busy with Ann, doing something or another. And she was stuck downstairs with only three of her friends and about 50 of her parents and 10 of Ann's, it was pretty embarrassing. Her father had come up to her after one of his business associates left.
"Congratulations Lorelai." He had told her. But Lorelai knew it was meant as a 'Congratulations on having three of your friends here, you're lucky you even got that.'
But Lorelai wasn't one to argue...well, she was but, not with her father.
As Lorelai reached the bottom of the stairs, her parents and Ann looked up at her, a tear dropped peacefully down her cheek.
"Lorelai, what's wrong?" Emily asked half-heartedly. Lorelai looked at her with hope and stuttered, "I, uh…." Her voice trailed off and her father piped in.
"Well? Spit it out Lorelai." He said.
"I'm uh, I-I'm pregnant." The look on her parents face scarred her because it was blank. Ann's chin dropped and she gasped. After a few moments, Emily left the room, without saying a word.
"Lorelai Victoria Gilmore-"uh-oh, middle name…I'm doomed. "How could you? And with who?"
"Christopher Haden, I c-called him, and he told me he wanted nothing to do with it." Richard looked angry, and after a few minutes, he walked out of the room. Not noticing Ann still in the room Lorelai broke down, she sat down and put her face in her hands, and cried. Ann looked at her, and quietly said, "Lorelai, is that what you were crying about earlier? When I came in," Lorelai nodded. Ann came over and sat next to her on the stairs. "I want you to know that, I'll be here for you. Even though Mom and Dad aren't."
So…what do you think? Please don't be to brutal, I just thought it was a bazaar idea and anyone who knows me knows that I like bazaar! Please R&R.
